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RUUD high efficiency with a two speed fan motor installed 12-2000. Don't know what it is but the fan won't run. Tech coming later today. Should I consider repair or would you replace a 15+year old furnace? If replace what is a good brand. I would rather pay for quality than screw around trying to save a couple hundred.

Thanks for your time.

Tom

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I wouldn't put more than $150-200 in a 15+ yr old furnace. Depends on how much money you can toss around. Same problem for me on my 15 yo Carrier year before last, comp board went out. $250 for new one. Nuh uh. Carrier, Trane, Lennox, Bryant, each one has it's merit. More important IMO is your local HVAC company that sells/installs it....are they going to stand behind it? That's a big plus.

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We just replaced our furnace last year. I want to say it was $2400. Your current furnace sounds the same as our old furnace and we replaced the motor probably 5 years ago, it was not all that expensive, couple hundred bucks for motor and install. Our old furnace stopped firing up 2 February's ago, turned out to be the circuit board and would have cost $1000+ to fix. We decided then to replace as the RUUD furnaces have about 20 year life span. Ours was put in, in 1992.

I would say if it is just the blower fan, it would just fix it. If it is much more I would replace.

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Two different tech's came out and both said that it was the motor and that it would be around a grand to replace it. I am going to go with a new rig, only question is which model/level of efficiency. Current one is 95% with a 2 speed fan. Doubt it makes sense to go any higher. The blower motor came on and the burner ignited. I shut it down before it reached the high limit.

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A grand for a fan motor?! Which "motor" are you referring to? You say later the "fan motor came on"....I upgraded my fan motor to a better quality USA made heavier one...ran me $200 installed, only because I didn't have the time to do it myself in the middle of winter. Is it just the fan motor, or also the control board? That would still be awful high...I'd check into doing it yourself (Or an electrician buddy) It's pretty easy, like roony said.

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The motor is a two speed with a computer control or something attached that allows it to change speed based on how long it takes to reach the set temp in the house. I am familiar with changing motors in furnaces and would do it if it would have solved the problem and if the part was a reasonable price.

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Probably a bad board that was discontinued the month you bought the TV and no replacements are available because a million other people had the same problem. I have had 2 Samsung plasma screen televisions go out in similar matter. Fortunately i had a replacement warranty from Best Buy that replaced the first one and when the second one went out within a year they refunded my money and i went LG. I believe it was a power supply board that was the issue with mine. MY brother in law had the same TV and the video board went out in his but luckily i was able to swap the video board out of my defective television and his is still working. Keep in mind this is when a 42"-50" television was $2,000 so a guy can understand the frustration when you only got 16 months out of it.

If you find a deal use whatever you saved to buy/make an extended run tank. Things are worth their weight in gold. Nothing better than ripping the starter cord once and never having to worry about it the rest of the weekend. Delchcchi made a good point as well about having a place locally who is able to do warranty work. Honda's notoriously are well built and I've never had a problem with mine but you never know.

To this day, even though i had grand parents fight in it, i pretty much have no idea what the Korean war was really about. All i know is that it was to stop communism from spreading.
I have the utmost respect for the people that fought for this country and from what i have seen of the Vietnam series I cannot imagine what that hell must have been like for both sides. I believe a big part of the decay of patriotism in the US lately is due to the fact that a majority of Americans in my age group, including myself (born in '78), have not served in the military . In the 50's and 60's young men were drafted into the war just like their fathers, uncles, and grandfathers were before them. I am pretty sure if we would have a law that made it mandatory to serve at least a year or two in the armed forces the viewpoints would be a lot different concerning the recent protests.

I'm sorry for the insinuation, your slave days are over, just the residual patterns and brain grooves remain from years of conditioned thought exist. I hope you're working on smoothing those grooves out so you can learn again.
Treadmill=Bad

I would say that it is pretty typical that Social Studies and History classes in High School are often a decade or two behind. It takes time for the teacher colleges and textbooks and curricula to get updated and approved and incorporated. Also giving things a good while to cool down is safer as well. I don't recall my kids getting taught about Vietnam, and that was a decade or so after it was over.
I wonder if kids in high school today are getting taught anything about 9/11 and Kuwait and Iraq and war on terror and all that? And if so, what they are being taught?

Water temps are hovering in the low 60’s despite the very fall like weather we are experiencing.

The scenic Canadian shore lines are coming to life with various critters. Otter, bear and more making preparations for the coming winter.

Walleye fishing in Canada is excellent with a jig and minnow or shiner. The most productive environment has been gaps at 15-18’ with plenty of current present. Good numbers of perch are being caught off deep edges or reefs at 30’ or more. Crappies are a little more difficult this week, the best chances are on a light set up.

Around Minnesota, walleyes can still be had with a crankbait but favored methods are switching over to a jig tipped with a shiner on main lake points between 20 and 24’.

Muskies are moving deeper with anglers transitioning from casting to trolling. There is still time to boat a big fall fish!